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Originally Posted by delphin
Ok, you like carrying around a book store, that's fine. I like borrowing books electronically from my local library and having those books available on my Sony.
As I said, I would prefer not to buy books from Amazon at all, unless they clean up their act and support EPUB.
Having access to Amazon on my book reader would be just peachy, if Amazon didn't work so hard to make sure that this was my ONLY option like they do on the Kindle.
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I can say the same thing about Sony, BN, and Kobo. They work really hard to make sure I cannot read their books on my Kindle. Each of the companies made choices regarding format that suited their business needs. It gets old listen to people complain about Amazon when all of the comapnies with bookstores did the same thing.
The bitching that Amazon is not willing to sell EPub while ignoring that Sony, BN, and Kobo do not sell Mobi is almost amusing but really more annoying. Amazon is held to a different standard then the other bookstores. It is an old, boring, tired argument.
It is an argument that is made all that much more tired when you flat out say that you can and will remove DRM if you come across a situation where it is warrented. The decision to remove DRM and convert is one that each person has to make based on their understanding of the law in their country, their ethical barometer, and their level of technical skill.
I am glad that you enjoy using the library. I know folks with Kindles who use the library as well. It is a matter of making decisions that the individual is comfortable with. They have saved themselves a ton of money borrowing library books.
It is not a black and white world.